> > color (assuming your surface coating absorbed radar, that way you
> > would have a severe optical distortion while in the air making
> > optical tracking difficult.
>
> That's going to be very easy to see.
>
> You want it to blend in, not stand out as a reflection in the sky
> would.

The undersurface of airforce one is mirror polished. The reason for
doing so is that it reflects the blue tint of the sky downward. Close
up, a mirror coated aircraft will be visible, but only as a distorted
blob. At a distance, that distortion would be negligable. Combine the
fact that the craft reflects the tint of the sky in all directions
(sun reflection goes upward only so it isn't a factor as long as the
craft flies high) and the fact that it absorbs incomming radar, and
shields it's own thermal emissions, such a craft would be very hard
to see indeed.

FYI I am not refering to just mirror polished, I mean literally as
reflecting as a mirror you would see on a wall.

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